Announced by Sean Duffy, current interim administrator of NASA (the highest ranking official at the agency) who's main credentials are being a former Real World / Road Rules participant and Fox News host with a degree in Marketing.
I would like to say this is inspiring, because if this dude could become head of NASA then anyone could including me. But holy hell that is low key terrifying.
- 'The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” '
So it seems less of a plan for further space exploration and more in line with a territorial grab. If it's land they want to 'own' then I've got good news for them, I am selling prime Luna real estate at a discount(low hundred millions) they can buy and even get a fancy notarized paper certificate too!
If that is what ur up to Muricah, i say congratulations for the effort to start but as you do not seem to be aware of the fact this already been achieved. I would worry if i can trust the level of informedness at this level,
But who "decided to pull all services back from the east.." now u guys flying into what you don't know what you cannot imaging the keks this is giving"
For this to work they need to have some way to land large objects on the moon, for one thing. Right now that doesn't exist.
One reason you might want one for a human settlement is that the "day" on the moon is a whole month so, in most places, you have no sunlight for 14 days so you would need at least two weeks of storage to get through the night on solar energy.
Wouldn’t having a closed loop system of hydrogen and oxygen as fuel be a more efficient way to store energy? Especially at the poles where there’s always illumination and hydrogen is abundant.
I don't think the original headline is helpful here. While it's aimed at Politico's readership, 'Duffy' isn't a household name to most people. I would have gone with 'NASA administrator' or so.
might work out perfectly
starship will land 220000 lbs on the moon as a human landing craft, and will likely do twise that as a one way freighter, more if the main booster is expended as well...
put it in a convienient crater, especialy good if it went into one permanently blocking sun light
no shielding needed
run it as hot as the materials will bear
likely lots of optimisations that would be impossible on earth
and whenever it needs fuel, the used stuff can be
just pushed to the side
throw in some solar , batteries
the question is are they going big enough to start up a smelter to produce building materials on site?
Announced by Sean Duffy, current interim administrator of NASA (the highest ranking official at the agency) who's main credentials are being a former Real World / Road Rules participant and Fox News host with a degree in Marketing.
I would like to say this is inspiring, because if this dude could become head of NASA then anyone could including me. But holy hell that is low key terrifying.
- 'The first country to have a reactor could “declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States,” '
So it seems less of a plan for further space exploration and more in line with a territorial grab. If it's land they want to 'own' then I've got good news for them, I am selling prime Luna real estate at a discount(low hundred millions) they can buy and even get a fancy notarized paper certificate too!
I would be less surprised and less concerned if Duffy announced: Whalers on the Moon https://youtu.be/U8V2U7vTys0
The first steps so we can turn our moon into a smartmoon
If that is what ur up to Muricah, i say congratulations for the effort to start but as you do not seem to be aware of the fact this already been achieved. I would worry if i can trust the level of informedness at this level, But who "decided to pull all services back from the east.." now u guys flying into what you don't know what you cannot imaging the keks this is giving"
Yours.truly
The future of "space exploration" is a few more rockets blow up on the pad, followed by total abandonment of the whole idea.
I don't know enough about any aspect of this to make an intelligent comment, but commenting in hopes that those that do will.
For this to work they need to have some way to land large objects on the moon, for one thing. Right now that doesn't exist.
One reason you might want one for a human settlement is that the "day" on the moon is a whole month so, in most places, you have no sunlight for 14 days so you would need at least two weeks of storage to get through the night on solar energy.
Just go to the other side ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
Maybe carry extra blankets for the night. /s
Wouldn’t having a closed loop system of hydrogen and oxygen as fuel be a more efficient way to store energy? Especially at the poles where there’s always illumination and hydrogen is abundant.
Given how most government projects run, I expect this project to be a decade late and about 10x whatever they estimate the cost to be today.
H1/title: Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
I don't think the original headline is helpful here. While it's aimed at Politico's readership, 'Duffy' isn't a household name to most people. I would have gone with 'NASA administrator' or so.
might work out perfectly starship will land 220000 lbs on the moon as a human landing craft, and will likely do twise that as a one way freighter, more if the main booster is expended as well...
put it in a convienient crater, especialy good if it went into one permanently blocking sun light no shielding needed run it as hot as the materials will bear likely lots of optimisations that would be impossible on earth and whenever it needs fuel, the used stuff can be just pushed to the side throw in some solar , batteries the question is are they going big enough to start up a smelter to produce building materials on site?